Wednesday Update

Not much going on here. Chloe had a good interview at the coffee shop in Cedar Falls. She said they already started checking references. I have been busy at work getting caught up from my days off. This evening Thomas and Diedre are going to visit Eldora. I'm sure Diedre will like it there. I wish them luck. It's getting late and I have to leave for work now. It looks like it will be a nice day.

Sunday Update

It has been a nice vacation, despite all the mopping in the basement. It is alway nice to have Thomas home for a visit. We watched a lot of Trailer Park Boys together. I am so excited for Thomas. He had a job offer from South Hardin Community Schools in Eldora, he turned it down and now they are still trying to get him to accept. They are looking into getting money for Diedre to get certified in the Gifted and Talented Program "GAP". If both Thomas and Diedre can find a job in the area, Thomas will take the job. Eldora looks like a very nice community to live in. I hope it all works out for them both.

Wednesday Update

Yesterday was very busy at work. I stayed until 5:45 to try and get caught up before my vacation. On my way home Diedre called and said, "Have you seen your son yet?" I said, "No, I'm on my way home. Why?" She said, "Don't worry, it's nothing bad." So of course all the way home I wondered what they were up to. When I got home I rushed into the house and Thomas said, "Diedre thinks she worried you." I said, "What is Diedre up to?" He went into the dining room and brought out this beautiful Bromeliad plant. She got it for me because I had taken care of her plants all these months. I miss her plants.



This is a Bromeliad. Not the one Diedre gave me though. I need to take a picture of it. Once I do, I will post a picture of the real one.

Tuesday Update

Today is my Friday for the week. I have a lot of things to get done at work today, so I hope the phones are not too busy. I may end up having to stay late. I will probably have to work a little OT next week to get caught up, since no one does my purchase order work while I am out.

Thomas had a very good interview yesterday and I hope todays goes good as well. I am keeping my fingers crossed for him.

I hope the weather is good the rest of this week, so I can get outside and finish clearing the yard of sticks. It looks like we may have to start mowing this week as well. It would also be nice if it did not rain again for a while. I don't like having to watch the basement for water all of the time.

Monday Update

Saturday was very fun. We had a nice drive up to Waterloo with Mark & Wanda. Everyone liked Thomas and Diedre's apartment. The food and service at Gary's was very good. It was strange not having to cook for a crowd on Sunday. We made a big roaster of riblets for ourselves anyway. I made potato salad and we had supper with Chloe after she returned from putting in applications at various places in Cedar Falls all day Sunday.

I wish Thomas luck today with his job interview. One more tomorrow and then we get to see him for a few days again.

Saturday Update

Road-trip to Thomas and Diedre's place in Waterloo.

Friday Update

I don't have too much to say. This weekend will be nice, we are actually going to leave town for a few hours. It will not be nice how much the gas will cost. But that is life in a 'Bush' world.

Our shows were good last night. Although, Lost was a rerun again, so I did not watch it. I don't know when they will actually have new episodes. Thomas watched all of the shows except Scrubs with me. Doug was in the other room on the phone most of the time talking with Jessica about Johnny's adventures in China. He was also talking with Wanda part of the time.

Like I said, I don't have much. I am so looking forward to the weekend.

Thursday Update

This week has not been very busy at work, so the time is going slow. But when I get home the time goes very fast. The time at home is going very fast because Thomas is home and I want to spend more time with him not less. At least he is here until Saturday and we are going up to Waterloo that same day to visit him and Deidre and to eat out. He will be back next week from Wednesday through Sunday and I have vacation those same days. Yeah!

Doug and Thomas have been watching 'Trailer Park Boys' it is a funny mindless series with some pretty crazy characters. I hope I can watch my Thursday night shows this week. Last week the bad weather preempted the shows and I never got to watch them. You know the shows; My name is Earl, The Office and Lost.

Monday Update

This weekend went very quickly, I guess because it was a busy weekend. On Saturday I did my usual shopping, plus I had to find a 'First Communion' gift for Holland. I also did laundry and a little cleaning. Sunday morning I made a Strawberry Swirl cake with sliced strawberries in the middle and on top of the frosting. It was yummy. I also made potato salad. In the afternoon we went to Holland's 'First Communion' celebration. They had the good sandwiches from Walmart and a Coldstone ice cream cake. Later Sunday afternoon, Ilse and my Dad stopped by. She wanted to see Thumper and give me a winter scarf she had bought on clearance.

We had junk-yard dogs, pasta salad, potato salad, and baked beans for supper. Lauren brought the baked beans and Wanda brought cereal treats. Wanda was tired because she had chaperoned a prom party for Matt and his friends the night before. We also got to see Amber and give her birthday gift before she leaves for China.

I hope Johnny and Ethan made it to China alright. They left yesterday right after Holland's 'First Communion'.

Saturday Update

It's nice to have weekends. I wish they lasted longer. It looks like I will spend a share of this weekend keeping water mopped up in the basement. It is not too bad. It is coming through cracks in the floor in the first room, a little puddle formed by the door to Tommy's room and there is a puddle over where the ping-pong table was set up.

We ate supper very late last night, it was after 9:30. Doug was busy on the computer and then Johnny stopped by with his new camera. We ended up getting Whoppers at BK. The young girls working there were so silly. The one said she has ADHD and ate lots of sweets and had two bottles of powerade. So she was pretty much jumping off the walls.

Diedre had excitement at her apartment building yesterday. Some neighbors were arguing and the cops were called. Diedre called 911 and other neighbors had done the same. I have not talked directly to Diedre yet for all the details.

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Thursday Update

I just want to wish Thomas good luck with his interview with the Independence Schools today.

I don't have much else. The customers have been very nasty this week. I can't wait for Friday to be over with. We are looking forward to having Thomas home next week.

Monday Update

Yesterday there were two firsts. We went to Afton's baptism reception and when we pulled up to Johnny's house we saw him getting out of the van and he was wearing long pants! In thirtenn years that is the first time I had ever seen him wearing long pants. Doug said it was only the second time he had seen it. I would post the picture Doug took, but I did not check to see if would be okay. If it is, I will post it tomorrow.

Last night Deb and her boyfriend Tim came for supper. They were a bit late though. Most of us were finished eating by the time they got here. This was the first time we had meet him. He seemed nice enough and he and Doug had a lot to talk about because he had been stationed in Germany in the service.

That's all I have for now. Have a great day everyone.

Saturday Update

The weather is supposed to be nice today. I hope that is true. The yard really needs some attention. There are still so many little sticks out there that I need to rake up and sand near the curbs from all the snow that sat there over the winter.

Last Night we watched 'Walk Hard - The Dewey Cox Story'. I thought it was okay. But, it wasn't one of my favorite movies.

Lately it seems to be all about China. Johnny and Ethan are going over there for a week this month. And yesterday we found out that Amber just got a job teaching 7 and 8 year olds English in a school over there. She will be leaving next month. We are very excited for her and wish her luck. If I were to visit China, the main thing I would want to see is the great wall.

Doris Day turns 84 today. Here is a list of the movies she was in.

Romance on the High Seas My Dream is Yours It's a Great Feeling Young Man With A Horn Tea For Two The West Point Story Storm Warning Lullaby of Broadway On Moonlight Bay I'll See You in my Dreams Starlift The Winning Team April in Paris By the Light of the Silvery Moon Calamity Jane Lucky Me Young at Heart Love Me or Leave Me The Man Who Knew Too Much Julie The Pajama Game Tunnel of Love Teacher's Pet It Happened to Jane Pillow Talk Please Don't Eat the Daisies Midnight Lace Lover Come Back That Touch of Mink Jumbo The Thrill of It All Move Over Darling Send Me No Flowers Do Not Disturb The Glass Bottom Boat Caprice The Ballad of Josie Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? With Six You Get Eggroll

Thursday Update

I thought I should do at least one update before the weekend. I don't have much going on. It looks like we lost another new temp at work. She went through over a week of paid training. On the day she was supposed to go on the phone in the afternoon, she asked to go home sick and the next day she did not come in at all. Hopefully she really was sick and will be back, but it usually doesn't work that way.

Tonight is the beginning of the new season for our Thursday night shows, The Office and My Name is Earl. It hope they are good as they have been in the past.

Thomas has a couple of busy days ahead of him. He will be camping with around 50 kids for the next two days. Good luck with that Thomas. Be safe and have fun.

Monday Update

The weekend went too fast. I just hope the work week goes that fast.

Saturday was fun, Diedre came over and went shopping with me. We went to the library and the moving sale at Pine Needles Sewing Center. Then we went to Hy-Vee. After we were done shopping, we had to stop at her parents house and let her dogs out. I threw the orange buoy thing a couple of times for Ellie (?), but I could never throw it very far.

It was also very nice having Thomas home all weekend. He finally gets a break from school in a couple of weeks. He plans to spend most of the break at home. However, on the 19th he will be going up to stay with Diedre a few days. The Sunday Group plans to go up to Waterloo to see Diedre and Thomas' apartment on the 19th and then go out to eat with them. I hope it works out so we can all get together.

Mao is crazy, he just now came running through the house from the Day-kitchen yowling. I know he wants treats. Crazy cat!

Saturday Update

Last night we watched two old Frank Cappra movies. The first was from 1934, 'It Happened One Night' with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. The second was from 1938, 'You Can't Take It With You' with Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore and James Stewart. Lionel Barrymore actually played a part that was the exact opposite of his part in 'It's a Wonderful Life'.

Today we are going to have Sheppard's Pie with real lamb. Not sure if Chloe will be here to try it. And I hope Thomas and Diedre will like it.

Of course I will do my usual Saturday shopping and maybe look for some plants to replace those that Diedre confiscated. I think I just got too attached to her plants. Sorry Diedre! I also need to stop at the library to return movies and maybe look for more. They seem to have some good old movies.

Friday Update

Yeah, the weekend is almost here. Thomas and Diedre will be driving down this afternoon for the weekend. Diedre is going to be dog-sitting for her parents. I hope to be able to sit down and watch a movie with them this weekend.

I don't have to much else to say today. I hope yesterday's snow is the last for this season. But, something tells me it probably won't be. The snow just will not go away!

Tuesday Update

I wish every work week either started on Tuesday or ended on Thursday. Yes, a four day work week all of the time would be good. I don't have much at all today. Thomas' interview went well yesterday. I took Easter leftovers to my dad and Ilse and listened to stories they have told me many times already. After about an hour I couldn't take it anymore and came home. Other than that I did some laundry, washed dishes, moved a few plants around and watched TV. Not an exciting day off. But, still better than working.